Green spotted puffer

A green spotted puffer may be one of several different species of Asian fresh or brackish water pufferfish in the genus Dichotomyctere (formerly Tetraodon), including:

Dichotomyctere fluviatilis, sometimes called the green, Ceylon, or topaz pufferfish^[1]
Dichotomyctere nigroviridis^[1]
Dichotomyctere sabahensis, sometimes called the Sabahensis puffer^[2]

Distinguishing these species is difficult,^[1] in part because each species is highly variable in colouration.^[2] Scientists working on these pufferfish as genomic lab animals consider it impossible to identify these species 100% reliably using colouration alone,^[3] and tropical fish retailers commonly confuse them.^[3]

References

1 2 3 Monks N. (editor): Brackish Water Fishes, TFH 2006, ISBN 0-7938-0564-3
1 2 Ebert Klaus: The Puffers of Fresh and Brackish Water, Aqualog 2005, ISBN 3-931702-60-X
1 2 "Tetraodon nigroviridis: A phylogenetic study". Retrieved 2009-07-29.

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[Monks-1] 1 2 3 Monks N. (editor): Brackish Water Fishes, TFH 2006, ISBN 0-7938-0564-3

[Ebert-2] 1 2 Ebert Klaus: The Puffers of Fresh and Brackish Water, Aqualog 2005, ISBN 3-931702-60-X

[Phylo-3] 1 2 "Tetraodon nigroviridis: A phylogenetic study". Retrieved 2009-07-29.